In three different laboratories, working practically and inspired by previously created works of artists, work with communities was viewed from different perspectives: the needs of artists and communities, the daily trajectories of the community and the group hierarchy. Ways to make the process of creating works of art transparent, to understand the comfort zones of artists and the community and various conflicts were explored. The young artists were introduced to gaining individual experience stories in a mutually designed and safe environment, the importance of the form of co-creation, getting to know the community representatives before and after the project, conceptualizing and planning projects, also learning about examples of international projects and their methodology.<\/span><\/p>\n In June 2021, six young theatre makers participated in the laboratory cycle and did an individual research organized by the <\/b>\u201cMagic Carpets\u201d<\/b><\/a> platform, including various experiences and interests:<\/b><\/p>\n \u2013 Contemporary dance artist Agate Bankava<\/b>, who is interested in collaborating in-depth with young people, exploring their relationship with the city and themselves in a specific place, emphasizing young people’s thoughts, dreams and future plans; The laboratory cycle was led and artists that shared their experience:<\/b><\/p>\n \u2013 Krista Bur\u0101ne, a documentary theatre and film director, playwright and author of interdisciplinary projects, who has implemented more than 20 art projects centered on the ‘everyday person’ various communities or ‘a very important and topical topic in society’; During the laboratories, one of the starting points for creating new stories and getting to know different communities was gaining knowledge about the environment, the city and the region. By getting to know the environment and the people who live in it on a daily basis with their stories, experiences and views, artists, in the course of negotiations and research, tried to highlight issues that are relevant to specific communities. One of the main issues of the laboratory was the artists’ efforts to understand their own and society’s attitude towards different communities, looking for how, why and where different questions and stereotypes about the particular community and its representatives arise..<\/span><\/p>\n The aim of the laboratories was to establish negotiations and creative cooperation between artists and selected communities, so that at the end of the laboratory cycle, it would be possible to take the next steps in the development of ideas and new and innovative works. As a result of the laboratories, by collaborating with communities and getting to know previously created works and methods, the artists will share their individual experiences and the course of the research process that has arisen in the ongoing collaborations with communities.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d<\/span><\/a> platform is an international project to promote the mobility and visibility of young European artists from different disciplines, giving artists the opportunity to take part in creative residencies where they work with local communities and artists to create socially inclusive and responsible works of art.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d<\/span><\/a> platform and artists’ residencies are co-funded by the EU’s <\/span>Creative Europe<\/span><\/a> programm.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From 3 to 17 June, six young artists had the opportunity to delve deeper into topics related to the artist’s work with communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived","category-magic-carpets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2013 dramaturgy student Di\u0101na Kondra\u0161a<\/b> \u2013 she creates works in the aesthetics of documentary theatre with a deep interest and currently wants to cooperate with a representative of the Roma community;<\/span>
\n\u2013 artist and curator Ieva Saul\u012bte<\/b> during the laboratory focused on conversations and research related to the elderly;<\/span>
\n\u2013 theatre director M\u0101ra Ga\u0146\u0123e<\/b>, wants to continue working with topics that have been of interest to her for a long time \u2013 the perception of the world and art by blind and partially sighted people and their current place in our society;<\/span>
\n\u2013 theatre director Antra Leite’s<\/b> deeply personal interest is in working with women who became mothers in 2020;<\/span>
\n\u2013 for theatre artist and playwright Katr\u012bna D\u016bka<\/b> the main research area is LGBTQ+ community and cooperation with representatives of this community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u2013 dramaturg, playwright, theatre artist and lecturer J\u0101nis Balodis, who is a graduate of the DAS Theater master’s program in the Netherlands. Since 2011, Balodis has been the author and co-author of 17 performing arts projects focusing on documentary theatre and community work;
\n\u2013 in the laboratory, \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d<\/b><\/a> residency participants and project implementers shared their experience in working with communities in 2019 and 2020<\/b>: <\/span>Ahilan Ratnamohan<\/b>, a Tamil-born director and choreographer who grew up in Australia, played professional football in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, but since 2007 deals with contemporary art in collaboration with non-actors;<\/span>
\n\u2013 artists Laura Sta\u0161\u0101ne<\/b> and <\/span>Jana Jacuka<\/b>, who in 2020 researched and looked for ways to talk about domestic violence in public. The result was <\/span>a work in which the artists worked closely with women who had been victims of domestic or domestic violence<\/span><\/a>;<\/span>
\n\u2013 creative team \u2013 curator Alberto di Gennaro<\/b>, non-formal education practitioner <\/span>Lauma<\/b> \u017dubule<\/b>, dance playwright <\/span>Linda Kr\u016bmi\u0146a<\/b> and the NTIL’s creative producer <\/span>Sandra Lapkovska<\/b> \u2013 who, in cooperation with 10 young people from C\u0113sis Educational Institution for Minors, created the project <\/span>\u201cSvidanka\u201d<\/span><\/a>;<\/span>
\n\u2013 curators Greta Klimavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Mink\u0161timien\u0117<\/b> and <\/span>Neringa Kulik<\/b>, in collaboration with contemporary dance choreographers and dancers <\/span>Mantas Staba\u010dinskas<\/b> and <\/span>Marius Pingis<\/b>, using practical examples and assigning tasks, shared experience gained both in implementing and managing the 15 partner countries’ <\/span>\u201cMagic Carpets\u201d<\/span><\/a> platform, which were implemented by artists collaborating with local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/theatre.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/eu_flag_creative_europe_co_funded_pos_rgb_right-copia-1024x2571-300x75.jpg\")
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